#impersonation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #impersonation, aggregated by home.social.
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Phishing Landscape 2026 – Who were the Most-Phished Brands?
Phishing attacks take advantage of well-known brands (either in the phishing content or in the domain names used as part of phishing attacks. In this post, we show the brands that were most often impersonated, either in the content of the phishing attack, a URL, or as part of a domain name used in the phishing attack.
#dnsabuse #phishing #cybercrime #brand #fakesite #impersonation
https://interisle.substack.com/p/phishing-landscape-2026-who-were
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Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses
I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whether they have a literary agent. I’ve posted a number of examples below. Apologies for so many images, but I wanted Read More
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https://writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/watch-out-for-this-scam-impersonating-editors-at-major-publishing-houses#OverseasScams #PublishingScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams
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@pake_preacher : I forgot the details of PAKE and SRP, but in the end the most secure client authentication requires:
1️⃣ Strong, long term, human comprehensible, *serving endpoint* authentication;
*AND*
2️⃣ TLS channel binding (enforcing known endpoints).(Apart from those, both serving endpoint AND client MUST be trustworthy).
🚨 The -corrupt- CA/B forum breaks 1️⃣ by:
a) Advocating anonymous Domain Validated certificates, which render secure account creation IMPOSSIBLE;
b) Continuously decreasing certificate lifetime.🚨 Furthermore, "legitimate" MitM's * break 2️⃣.
* Man in the Middle, like on-device virusscanners and firewalls that "open" TLS tunnels (both requiring installation of a dedicated root certificate) and proxies such as (definitely not limited to) Cloudflare and Fastly.
😱 Passkeys enforce NEITHER 1️⃣ NOR 2️⃣.
😱😱 Worse, because passkeys (or FIDO2 hardware keys) can be easily irretrievably "lost", servers typically provide WAY EASIER phishable authentication methods (such as "rescue codes").
#AitM #MitM #SecureOnlineAuthIsHARD #SecureAuthentication #OnlineAuthentication #Authentication #Impersonation #ChannelBinding #TLSchannelBinding #UTM #TLS #TLSinterception #TLSscanning #Proxy #Proxies #GoogleIsEvil #CloudflareIsEvil
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If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/if-a-famous-author-calls-hang-up-anatomy-of-an-impersonation-scam#MarketingScams #OverseasScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #Nigerianscams
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Army of Bots: Deeper Into the Vortex of Nigerian Marketing Scams
I’ve published a couple of posts now about the tidal wave of AI-driven marketing scams from Nigeria that has…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/10/20/army-of-bots-deeper-into-the-vortex-of-nigerian-marketing-scams#MarketingScams #OverseasScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #Nigerianscams
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🤔 Does 🇸🇬Gov know Meta's #netprofit was US$170m/day?
Singapore gives #Meta deadline to fight #Facebook scams as US$776,400 fine looms
"Btw June 2024 & June 2025, MHA & #Singapore #Police Force (SPF) saw an increase in scammers exploiting F*book to perpetrate #impersonation #scams using videos or images of key #government office holders in fake #advertisements, accounts, profiles & biz pages. During tis period, SPF disrupted abt 2,000 such ads & #online monikers on F*book"
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3326788/singapore-gives-meta-deadline-fight-facebook-scams-us776400-fine-looms -
Duolingo Goes “AI-First” – DTNSB 5008
US Congress passed the bipartisan Take It Down Act, and Bodie Grimm shares two EV models that you need to know about.
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Engadget: AI Researchers Secretly Experimented on Reddit Users
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#adapters #affiliateLinks #AI #AIExperiment #AIFirst #Amazon #Android #automotiveTrends #bipartisan #BodieGrimm #broadband #carPrices #chargeOnlyCable #ChatGPT #consumerElectronics #contractors #dataEthics #deepfakes #DenmarkStudy #Duolingo #eCommerce #economicImpact #economists #electricVehicles #endOfService #ethics #Europe #EVs #generativeAI #GoogleCompetitor #impersonation #internetAccess #jobAutomation #JuiceJacking #KilowattPodcast #Kuiper #legalAction #legislation #LG #LGBridge #lowEarthOrbit #nonconsensualContent #NorthAmerica #OnePlus #onlineSafety #OpenAI #OTAUpdates #phoneSupport #priceDrop #privacy #productRecommendations #productivity #rChangemyview #Reddit #refunds #revengePorn #ruralAreas #satelliteInternet #security #shopping #smartphones #smartwatch #softwareUpdates #Starlink #TakeItDownAct #tariffs #travelSafety #UniversityOfZurich #USCongress #USPricing #USBCondom #USBC #Watch3 #workplaceAutomation
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Guest Post: My Twenty-Four Hour Dream
I’ve written many scam case studies and investigations on this blog, all of which reference and/or describe writers’ direct experiences (while protecting their identities, as Writer Beware always promises to do). But when…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/04/25/guest-post-my-twenty-four-hour-dream#OverseasScams #BooktoFilm #Impersonation #Solicitation
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A New Scam to Watch For: “Pre-Paid” Agent Commissions
As I’ve discussed to my readers’ exhaustion, as well as my own, impersonation scams are rife these days. Scammers are impersonating real, reputable literary agents, publishers,…
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/03/28/a-new-scam-to-watch-for-pre-paid-agent-commissions#LiteraryAgentScams #OverseasScams #Impersonation
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#wildlife #wildlifephotography #film #video #bbc #davidattenborough #uk #tv #television #british #britain #birds #lyre #lyrebird #australia #australian #impersonation #animal #animals
Probably one of the most amazing wildlife clips you’ll ever see, and it never grows old. The unbelievable Lyre Bird. Anyone who underestimates animals should check this out.
If you haven’t seen the clip, make sure you do, and stick with it until the end. It’s brilliant and well worth it!
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Luca Netz: Alleged Censorship and Fraud
Luca Netz is under investigation for allegedly attempting to conceal critical reviews and adverse news from Google by improperly submitting copyright takedown notices. These actions may involve impersonation, fraud, and perjury.
🔗 Full report: https://www.cybercriminal.com/investigation/luca-netz
#LucaNetz #Censorship #FraudExposed #ScamAlert #Transparency #Impersonation #Perjury #FinancialFraud #InvestSmart #ScamAwareness #Awareness
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List of persons and state Treasurers to #imprison for privatising our #LandRegistries:
- #DominicPerrottet and #GladysBerejiklian (#NSW)
- #TomKoutsantonis (#SA)
- #TimPallas and #DanielAndrews (#VIC)
(1/2)
- #BenWyatt (#WA, less jail time because not privatisation but giving all data to #Macquarie and others)#takingTheWorldPrivate #TakingAustraliaPrivate #privatisation #theft #imposters #traitors #impersonation #dataIsPower #knowledgeIsPower #moneyPrinterForElite
